MUN Study Guide

Model U.N. Exam Study Guide

Grade 9

People

1. Woodrow Wilson
   
2. Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
   
3. Benito Mussolini
   
4. Kofi Anan
   
5. Ban Ki Moon
   

Things

1. League of Nations
   
2. Italian Invasion of Ethiopia (1935)
   
3. Inter-Allied Declaration
   
4. Moscow and Tehran Conferences (AKA Tehran Conference)
   
5. Dumbarton Oaks Conference
   
6. Yalta Conference
   
7. San Francisco Conference
   
8. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
   
9. Cuban Missile Crisis (what does it have to do with the U.N.?)
   

Structure

1. Be prepared to draw and explain how the U.N. is structured.
   
   1. General Assembly
      
      1. How does it work?
         
      2. Which countries do not participate in it?
         
      3. Secretary-General
         
         1. Who is the current Secretary-General?
            
   2. UN Security Council
      
      1. Who is on it?
         
      2. How does it work?
         
      3. Why does it work like that?
         
      4. UN Peacekeepers
         
   3. International Court of Justice
      
      1. International Criminal Court
         
      2. Who has been convicted here?
         
   4. Economic and Social Council
      
      1. Specialized Agencies
         
      2. Functional Commissions
         
      3. World Bank
         
   5. The Secertariat
      
      1. BOOOOOORING
         
      2. Don't worry about it
         

Essays

1. How did the U.N. come into existence? Describe the transition from League of Nations, through WWII, after WWII, through the Cold War, until today.
   
2. Why did the League of Nations fail?
   
3. Why was Taiwan recognized as China? HINT: When was the UN Charter signed?
   
4. What does the Charter of the UN say? How effective do you think the UN has been at achieving its' goals?